Apps found in "Software" different between two installations.

[Calab]

I installed Anduin OS 2.0.1 on a laptop two days ago. Today I installed it on a VMWare virtual machine. I'm finding that when I open "Software" and search for "ioq" that the game ioquake3 will be found on the VM, but not on the laptop. I'm not sure if there are other apps that do the same thing.

I've checked both the Explore tab and the Installed tab on the laptop and it just doesn't show up when I search "ioq".

I've tried to compare the settings between the two "Software" apps, and also the repositories shown by "apt-cache profile" but I'm not seeing any differences.

Why would I be able to find certain apps on one installation and not the other?

[Anduin2017]

Emmmm...... I actually have no idea about that.... Never saw that issue....

Thanks for reporting anyway. Will be waiting for reply from the community.

[siyamsec-lab]

Hi, I think I’ve found a possible explanation for this. Even if the APT repositories are identical on both installations, GNOME Software doesn’t rely only on the APT package database. It also uses AppStream metadata to determine which applications appear in the Software app. So it’s possible that the laptop knows about ioquake3 through APT, but its AppStream metadata or cache is outdated or incomplete, while the VM has fresh metadata because it was installed more recently. I would first compare these commands on both systems: apt search ioquake3 appstreamcli search ioquake3 apt-cache policy ioquake3 If apt search ioquake3 finds it on both systems but appstreamcli search ioquake3 only finds it on the VM, that would confirm that the issue is with AppStream metadata rather than the repositories. On the laptop, I would then try: sudo apt update sudo appstreamcli refresh-cache --force After that, restart GNOME Software: pkill gnome-software and open Software again to see if ioquake3 appears. It’s also worth comparing the installed versions of AppStream and GNOME Software: dpkg -l | grep -E 'appstream|gnome-software' Since the VM was installed only recently and the laptop was installed two days earlier, they may simply have different cached AppStream metadata even though their repository configuration looks identical. If this is the cause, there may be other applications missing from the Software search on the laptop as well. ioquake3 may just be the first one that made the difference noticeable. If you can provide the output of the commands above from both installations, it should be possible to identify exactly what is different.

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[Anduin2017]

Thank you Glitch!

[Calab]

I think that the sudo appstreamcli refresh-cache --force command did the trick. I am now finding ioquake3 in the Software app.

The output on the VM and the laptop looked identical. That's most likely because I forced the cache update before running the other commands.

Thanks!

[siyamsec-lab]

Good to hear!

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